Department profile
VolunteerStokes Fire Department
Stokes, NC · Pitt County. Stokes Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 51 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Stokes Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +96%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 2
- stations
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Stokes Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Stokes, NC (Pitt County), with 2 stations and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,763 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,763 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #140 of 932
- 3.92 stations per 100 personnel
- 26 other listed departments in Pitt County
Stokes Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 17% higher than 83% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 07423 · Stokes Fire Department, NC 51 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,763
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Southport Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Southport Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NC department.
- Stokes (this dept) 51
- High Sacramento River…, CA 51
- Near Southport Volunte…, NY 51
- Near Fort Leonard Wood…, MO 51
- Near Shillington Borou…, PA 51
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Stokes, NC
- County
- Pitt County
- FDID
- 07423
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Stokes Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #140 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,763 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Stokes Fire Department is 6.2% of Pitt County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Southport Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.